‰ NOW 20 WPM ‰ AND NEW CYCLES OVERLAP EACH OTHER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. THEIR RESPECTIVE SPOTS ARE DISTINGUISHED FROM ONE ANOTHER BY BOTH THEIR LATITUDE AND POLARITY. CURIOUSLY, NEW CYCLE SPOTS GENERALLY DO NOT APPEAR AT THE SAME TIME IN BOTH THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES. AS THE CYCLE PROGRESSES, THE NEW CYCLE SPOTS APPEAR IN INCREASING NUMBERS WITH THE HIGHER LATITUDE BANDS MOVING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE SOLAR EQUATOR. BY SOLAR MAXIMUM, THE BANDS ARE CENTERED AT ABOUT 15 NORTH AND SOUTH LATITUDE. AS THE CYCLE WANES, THE OLD CYCLE SPOT COUNT DECREASES AND THEIR TWO BANDS MOVE TO WITHIN 5 OF THE EQUATOR. CYCLE STRENGTH THE AMPLITUDE OF A CYCLE IS MEASURED BY A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT INDICES. THE MOST COMMON ONE IS THE ‰ FROM PAGE 92 ‰ 578 KY K1NPT 50 5 1 550 RI KU4WD 183 2 1 546 TN K4GSX 34 5 1 540 GA VE5HKC ‰ END OF 20 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ